Lynch is dead

David Lynch was one of the Greats. From Chacun son cinema, Lynch’s view.

From bad to worse - TikTok users move to TokTik

To spite the Supreme Court (that may or may not ban TikTok in the U.S. this Sunday, the 19th of Jan 2025), TikTok users are moving in troves to... another Chinese platform, called RedNote. Not only they are moving in blind, not knowing what this platform's capabilities

John Gruber on Trump’s conviction

Jack Smith, the special counsel who indicted President-elect Donald J. Trump on charges of illegally seeking to cling to power after losing the 2020 election, said in a final report released early Tuesday that the evidence would have been sufficient to convict Mr. Trump in a trial, had his 2024

Foldable iPhone

MacRumors: In a new post on Medium, Kuo said that the foldable ‌iPhone‌ remains in “the planning stage.” The device will reportedly be eSIM-only, just like Apple’s upcoming ultra-slim iPhone 17 model. Kuo said that the two devices will likely face hurdles in the Chinese market unless Apple modifies

Sam Altman, accused of abuse by his sister

Wall Street Journal: The lawsuit, filed Monday in the U.S. Eastern District Court of Missouri, alleges that abuse occurred at their family home in Clayton, Mo., from approximately 1997 through 2006. Ann Altman was 3 years old, and Sam Altman was 12 at the start of the alleged abuse,

Facebook’s censorship for unpaid porn

Emanuel Maiberg for 404Media.co: In early December I got the kind of tip we’ve been getting a lot over the past year. A reader had noticed a post from someone on Reddit complaining about a very graphic sexual ad appearing in their Instagram Reels. I’ve seen a

Italy’s Prime Minister, Meloni, intends to buy Starlink X for military and government use

Politico: The contract would last five years and has already been approved by the Italian intelligence services and Ministry of Defense. If successful, SpaceX would provide encryption services for the government and communications infrastructure for the military and emergency services. Musk's Italy representative Stroppa said in his post

How do I cancel LinkedIn Premium in browser?

Pocket Tactics: Follow these steps to cancel your LinkedIn Premium membership: – Visit linkedin.com on your device or desktop – Log into your LinkedIn account– Click the ‘profile’ option at the top left of the app/page– Select ‘premium features’– Click ‘premium account and features’– Go ahead select the ‘manage subscription’

How is it possible for Samsung to release their phones before Apple and still copy Apple

Matt Birchler, at Birchtree: I’m not going to tell you Samsung never follow Apple's lead, but I think we’re in silly territory when we’re suggesting Samsung is copying Apple by releasing a thinner phone before Apple does the same thing. A thinner phone…something Samsung

Tim Cook Too

Apple CEO Tim Cook will personally donate $1 million to President-elect Trump’s inaugural committee, sources with knowledge of the donation tell Axios Link Inauguration donation from Cook, same as the one from Zuckerberg

Removing VPN Apps Is The Least Effective Measure Against VPNs

9to5Mac: The Chinese government forced Apple to remove VPN apps from the App Store there way back in 2017, and the company is now having to do the same in India. Link Blocking VPN apps is close to simply asking people not to use VPN. Anybody who signs up for

No News: Musk Acts Discretionary While Banning X Accounts

TechDirt: In other words, Musk reserves the right to unilaterally decide which blocks and mutes are “legitimate” and which are not, based on criteria known only to him. This arbitrary and opaque process is a far cry from a principled commitment to free speech. Link It has always been like

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Religious Purists Hypocrites

404 Media: Almost two years ago, Louisiana passed a law that started a wave that’s since spread across the entire U.S. south, and has changed the way people there can access adult content. As of today, Florida, Tennessee, and South Carolina join the list of 17 states that

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PayPal's Extension, Honey, Is A Scam And Always Has Been

MegaLag detailed explanation on how was this possible. The short story is PayPal owns this browser extension, Honey, that promises it discounts everything you intend to buy, while it actually strips down the influencers' affiliate commissions. If you never saw a PR suicide-by-greed, PayPal has just committed one.

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My Default Apps of 2024

Category 2024 2023 Mail service Hey Mail Hey Mail Mail client Hey Mail Hey Mail Tasks ToDoist ToDoist RSS service News Explorer Inoreader RSS client News Explorer Unread Launcher Raycast Raycast Cloud storage iCloud iCloud Photo library Apple Photos Apple Photos Web browser Arc Arc Calendar Fantastical Fantastical Reading Readwise

Your Toaster Is Eavesdropping

Sky News: Three air fryers, made by the Chinese brands Xiaomi, Tencent and Aigostar, wanted to record audio on their owner's phone for no specified reason, according to the Which? study. Meanwhile, smart TVs made by Hisense and Samsung which were tested by Which? asked for people'

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Clio - Claude's Own Conscience

The Platformer: Earlier this year, a group of accounts had begun asking the company’s chatbot, Claude, to generate text for search engine optimization — the art of getting a website to rank more highly in Google. There’s nothing necessarily wrong with a publisher trying to generate keywords to describe

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Meta Donates $1 Million to Trump’s Inaugural Fund

Wall Street Journal: Before the dinner, Zuckerberg did a private demonstration for Trump of Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, which he gifted to the president-elect, the people familiar with the discussions said. Zuckerberg’s team told the inaugural fund before the dinner that Meta planned to donate, one of the

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Some Important Reasons TikTok and Telegram Are Still in The Books When They Should Not

Ars Technica, on TikTok at risk of being banned in the US: "Estimates show that small businesses on TikTok would lose more than $1 billion in revenue [in US] and creators would suffer almost $300 million in lost earnings in just one month unless the TikTok Ban is halted,

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The Real Power of The Red Bear

Financial Times, on Russian-backed campaign in Romania (paywalled): The Russian-backed influence campaign that prompted Romania to scrap its presidential election result echoes operations carried out in Moldova and other countries this year, according to Romanian intelligence reports and Moldovan officials. The short story is that presidential elections in Romania were

The New o1 Pro for $200 a month

The Atlantic, about the new reasoning OpenAI Pro o1 Even if you accept the claim that o1 understands, instead of mimicking, the logic that underlies its responses, the program might actually be further from general intelligence than ChatGPT. o1’s improvements are constrained to specific subjects where you can confirm

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US versus China’s Eavesdropping

The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote next week on an annual defense bill that includes just over $3 billion to help U.S. telecom companies remove equipment made by Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE from American wireless networks. Link I may be missing something here: US

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Don’t ever change, Japan!

This is an automated, AI managed, human washing machine, that gets you cleaned in 15 minutes. It also assesses your stress level and directs water jets to your tensioned muscles. The machine's designer was Manatsu Ueda, a 90-year-old resident of Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture And: The human washing machine

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Quiche Browser - Founder Interview

I stumbled upon Quiche Browser by chance, while looking for Bluesky devs lists. Quiche Browser is a web browser for iOS, highly customizable, sleek, buttery, and swift. It has already gotten a place on my first screen, competing with Safari and Arc. Its pricing model is one of the softest